Diary Zapp
By Dana Anderson,
Common Sense Media Reviewer
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What’s It About?
To use DIARY ZAPP, create a kid account and a parent account. Name and style a "Zappicon" character for your guide. To start a new entry, tap the plus sign to create the first journal page, and tap the page icon to choose a page background. The pencil icon lets kids add drawings, written content, and photos. Change words in written content based on the app's alternate word suggestions, and tap the Zappicon character for tips.
Is It Any Good?
Encouraging kids to write daily can be challenging, but this app makes journaling fun, creative, and easy. What sets Diary Zapp apart from other journaling apps are the added benefits of the vocabulary boosts and parent oversight, and the optional ability to share journal pages with others. The Zappicon character is a fun little hook to get kids' attention, but it could also be a distraction for kids who are reluctant to write. Some kids may need a reminder that it's more about expressing their own ideas and experiences in the written and visual content they produce than it is about Diary Zapp's built-in creative characters. All in all, it's a great choice for kids' creativity and self-expression.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about the different purposes for journals like Diary Zapp. What are the differences between a diary that you want to keep for your eyes only and one that you want other people to view?
Talk about the importance of consistency for writing practice and improvement. It's not so much what your kid decides to put in the diary that's most important but that writing becomes a daily habit.
App Details
- Devices: iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, Android
- Subjects: Language & Reading: vocabulary, writing
- Skills: Creativity: producing new content, Emotional Development: self-awareness, Communication: multiple forms of expression
- Pricing structure: Paid
- Release date: July 12, 2017
- Category: Education
- Publisher: Diary Zapp
- Version: 1.52
- Minimum software requirements: iOS 8.0 or later; Android 4.0.3 and up
- Last updated: June 20, 2020
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